Car truck



A. E. NOBLE ct 16 N23,

' CAR TRUCK Filed Oct. 10. 1921 citizen eff'the United? States, a t An'rfisten, 1 in the county r ief Calho n; and" State e154 Alabtuiia; havej1 irr f lCar new and" useful InIPrO rhents V ,caeion,

has for; its pi iriei-p'al o'bject to proyide a1 con-'1 ,s'tru'ction iii: which "the" lead on I the'ij side 7 frames will be lr'ec 'eiyecl atfthe fp'eintslbelew" the jeurnelsg 'inf lfich aj conventionellfernr of bels'tierf egm lbe Eu'ecl'; end which will per f the holster t'ov be readily mounted: and di'snzlormtedg Y 1 .Fu'rther obj eets the. invention will be 'eerire apparent "ajsl the" descript'ren is read iiiconnection wrthl thei jaceompanyrng drew-, j (lmient of. I the y mg sho n ia i-eleei m m fi t m wh1h+.

V Fig. 111s Lags1 cleelevat1 11';

lug. Qis 'e plairyiewlpf ene'fsiele frame Referring to the drawing110f indicetes ems; a deptedfitg rest en l the journal bexes V 111 irre well rn'clersteed irienneir; Extendih'g .dbyvhwerdlyf from] jeeeh 1 03% the arms and to'yver cl; thejiliiddle; ef flthe"fsiclelfr uuel ei'e; the arch member SZ lQ'jeqirueetedr at their adj 59. 115 finds fby 7 ectez'igulerffferne 18 l e 9 he: prings and; completes thei 'erch of the} side" fraihel' members mere-preferably coirrpesed 'of"a Web 14jatrclfianges 15 and. 16, 'These flanges, l5 a nd 16 merge into the upright side pieces Wh I 1 f rm 1 1 i siin 17 of the 'recta'ngulargframe' 13;" The bog.

'tively thin and relatively wide as indlcated its" tom section 18 Dru lemme 13 is e-(unparain Fig; 2, While the upper section 19 is relatively thick andgalso idev teprovide; su ff 'ficient stifiness to prevent huc'kllng under the stresses of service; 'EXtending upwardly.

' yielding" aetion heedeclfte prevent buckling.

ran sve rs e' section tekeri ALABAM than elt the feentrel pertions. se' that the press piece. -l9ftekes theqform ,01" three b'ars 29 T 3Q and 31efisubstaritially the form shown i j gFigge; f This s eonstruetion' 'places' -tl1e gre'ates'tTerezt pf metal, elong the center OI- lwh'eref it is 'egleh of the 1321215929, sof'and j-Fre'm' th ffe e ping "it' he the holster: is transferred 1 to; the side frames "at points'wellb'elo'wjournals of the heels;

arid in which thejbelsterQof conventional eenstruction eeli be -I'eedilyfmounted end di slhountedQ 3 r 1 71, 7

Thefbar 180f thelrectarlguleriframe l8 115 131 njl'enirierfarldl seetedf On their v upper-f errdstare'the spririg ea jsw"whiehearrylthey [leadfrom thef holstelit0 the springsqlhese leaps are allowed 7 to" recipreeate under the j fjthe' springs ithin slets '28 injthefleresspiece" 19. lnforcler' teunake this eross' piece sufieiently streng, I, haye made the ,sl tsso m'eWha-t larger at the ends,

,7 V r Y apparent t h JPmY dE e y ljigid and compii l-ctfstructilre iriwhich theload'earriedby acts Only in-tensioii and thejetflegdoeS not metal to resi sttheystraihs can l ancl 1 Wid6 j as indicated in A 'heyefte be thick or stifi, and'thenecessery r making it rletively thinl as shownfin Fig.

3. -Th Y eress pieee l9 va cts ,On lyiin eonipressiehlencl.

may be called {eastrutl ghjthis eeeeunt v necessar ly has l w ;be both, threk and Wide iii 2, '1 flnrovide sufficient jrn etel gee the desired stlfi'ness strict-permit making thesletsi fer thespring caps 27; The sides The gussets. QSfbraee the wcolurnnslfZU and make it possible to 'use a iverylight sectien' in the columns; The sprlngeaps Q'Zafeof 105 qirrgin eonteet with the fcressx'bar'lg in all. 1

brdln ery service;

sufficient depth to prevent the holster icom-i Various changes parts ithout departing fromthe spirit and scope o'fthefi nyention, or sacrificing" any 'of its I material ,adyentages," the form hereina of the arch] 12 bein'g made .Qf the rwebs s f ll ancl the fiariges l and 16 are Very'rigicl and strong and make withthe rectangular -section 13 everysrutebh areheclfstruetu're 1' i I which permitsthe. columns te 'he placed onutopOf the arch and left entirely dise0n neeted zittheir upper ends sothet the hol sterm ay be freely mounted and dismounted; r Y

be made in the] form, COIlStI'llCtlOllitlld arrengemer'rt'efthebefo re described: being mex eiyha preferred f ;l'. A trlick side frame cemprising e 'ce'st ing* having at its ce'IEter -"a sprifigiwket :-which is open and unobstructed from the inner side: to the outer side of the frafhetd" permit the introduction andremeval' of a spring, and Columns *risihg ffdfn the "top eri' anal ue "Me a-v e Q mating in' substantially herizont'zil' peftiens sp pot ket b'eingle meson-member, and" tieri and epwerd removzil of a truckbolster, aspen-g withinl the spging poeket; e spring tap-working vertically through an opening in thetop of the pocket and su ppofced on the spfifiggendaiiimmk bolster Working be-? tween the co lumnsfand supported on the truck side frame comprising a castwhich is openand unobstnietedmfi omflthe in'ner side to the miter sic'leydt then fr ame to pefrfiit the int'fo'duct ien and removal Tofaai spring; and eolunins rising from the lto phef the p6'c'ket, the space" between the upper. per:-

a springflwithin the Springpocket, a spr-ieig m en-firm; arm and t; rear amen m the sprmgz'pecke and permit the introductijen and remove-lief springs, col mn's ri'singifreniithe top Of the packet, the sp ce-betWeefi the' Lippefpjjrtions of thej co H jqp'eh and u'nohstr'uctjd' to" permit ef"the -dewhxi"ard iflSIfr tion and upward removal 015a muck bel t spring lpgckt W'h'ih isf iipefi zind'liiiihstftlcted hem the ill-- nee side to the outef sidfofithe frnieftd V b nt" with; theopenings; spring; caps "war en vertically mpns'ngi cas bocket and; s ppofted" bni' theft resp eet ive caip's. .v s. I AL-BERT ELNOBIIEL 

